Look at the ground of the parking places and hoods of cars just outside the metal target handgun range. There is lots of splashed lead flying back out through the firing line and onto the cars and pavement. So you have airborne lead, particulate and bigger solids. And the baby can't say if the ear protection is on correct. I would say not the wisest move.

I may be paranoid, but I have a brand new baby and I won't even hold her after I get home from the range. I want to decontaminate first and get the lead off. Kids supposedly absorb lead much faster than adults. There is a great article about it on corneredkitten.com IIRC.

I take my boys to the range but only outdoors. Not to an indoor facility. If they are there, I'm not shooting at all. I'm 100% dedicated to whichever boy is shooting. I feel like they are old enough to be there when they can take it seriously (safety), stop on a dime (safety), fit into eyes and ears properly (safety), and can refrain from putting their fingers and other objects in their mouths (safety/lead poisoning). There is a trend there.

Good on you, we need more responsible gun owners/parents like you.

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Originally Posted by njineermike

Oak Tree is an OUTDOOR rifle range.

Are you the type that walks up to a parent at McDonalds and stops them from feeding the kid french fries?

I remember watching that video from China a few months ago where a young child got hit by a vehicle and was laying on the ground hurt while many people just walked by her. You sound like you would do the same thing.

I remember watching that video from China a few months ago where a young child got hit by a vehicle and was laying on the ground hurt while many people just walked by her. You sound like you would do the same thing.

All these morons like the above sound like the anti-2A bozos with the absurd leaps of logic. A father walking with his kid into an environment no more dangerous than the car ride there is suddenly equated to sitting idly by and watching children die. Congratulations.

RSO's actually let this guy stay with not one but three distractions? Was he shooting while holding dogs and kid? Or was it a team effort at introducing distractions?

He was pushing baby in a stroller while walking 2 dogs. He was not shooting, just watching from the sidewalk behind the trap field. When he arrived, I overheard another person ask if the baby had ear protection and his answer was no. To each his own, but my 9yr old and I were wearing ear protection all day, shooting or not!

This was not at the same location as the OP, just occured on the
same day.

Some of you guys are WAY overdoing the lead-phobia. If you want to take extreme precautions, fine, but realize you're likely the victim of California brainwashing. I'm not saying lead is never a potential health issue, but I seriously doubt miniscule amounts of lead vapor at an open air range is an issue worthy of discussion. As far as the baby goes, the issue regarding hearing protection far outweighs any concern of lead poisoning IMO.

Just sounds like father and son bonding time... nothing wrong with that. Probably couldn't find a babysitter. Maybe he was giving his baby it's first lesson in gun safety like in that movie "Shoot 'Em Up". At least he didn't leave the baby in the hot car to suffocate. I've seen and heard of worse fathers. This guy is not so bad.

Im a father of 20 moth old and 4 year old .I want to take them to range but for now i just wait till heir a little older for now .i teach my four year old about fiirearm safety. For now I take him fishing and teach him about wild life and the enviorment .In due time we will be hiting the shooting range and dove season.enjoy your kids

Here is an interesting study from the Center for Disease Control regarding both lead exposure and noise exposure to instructors and students at an outdoor range in CaliforniaPDF

It basically states that the lead levels were present in some areas but that it did not exceed safety levels. It did however say that earmuffs alone did not provide adequate hearing protection and that plugs should be used in conjunction with them. That being said, I would not bring a newborn to the range because of cross contaminating of lead. All the dad needs to do is touch contaminated surfaces and then the baby's pacifier and now it is exposed. Here is another article from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry that tells of the dangers of lead exposure in children who have rapidly developing nervous systems.http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_f...n_and_behavior

I wouldn't trust the Federal Center for Disease Control to be truthful and unbiased where a liberal political agenda is remotely involved- as in the issue of lead.

I'm with you Leadchucker. People today are raising a bunch of asmatic ADHD fatbodies... Never leave the house, drink soda all day...
I grew up eating lead shot in game, and chewed on lead .177 pellets when we were shooting our air guns (all the time) in my youth.
The amount of airbourne lead exposure at an open air range has got to be ridiculously small.
As for the noise, I'd be more careful about that.

I took my Lab, when he was a puppy, to a trapshooting club to get him acclimated to gunfire. I only got as close as I felt comfortable without my muffs. Worked like a charm. Puppy went from terrified to ho-hum in 5 minutes, then went home. He was retrieving Doves in the field before he was 6mo old. Best dog/friend I ever had. Had to put him to sleep at 13yo this week due to degenerative myelopathy.

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